fRoots

About Us

fRoots (previously Folk Roots) is the world's leading magazine covering modern and traditional music with roots from around the globe, from Anglo-trad to Zanzibar pop via the great mixing desk in the sky.
We have been at the sharp end of the folk/roots/world music scene for nearly 29 years, dealing with an incredible diversity of music from the latest fusions to the very ethnic. Our pages have featured artists from Ry Cooder to Devon Sproule, from Ali Farka Toure to Robert Plant, from Eliza Carthy to Youssou N'Dour, from the Mekons to the Copper Family, from Bellowhead to Transglobal Underground, from young Britfolk names like Bella Hardy, the Devil's Interval and Tim van Eyken to veterans like Cuba's Eliades Ochoa and Algeria's late Cheikha Rimitti, from Europe's new wave of ethno-adventurers like Ojos De Brujo, Kristi Stassinopoulou and Lais to roots artists from the Indian and Pacific Oceans and beyond. fRoots is the first place you'll read about new names who later go on to establ